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Fleet Optimization
What Are Consumer Companies Doing In Canada To Optimise Logistics And Why?
Logistics Optimization in Canada: Recently, 78 Canadian companies, 26 business associations and 12 Canadian academic institutions came together to form SCALE.AI, and the Government of Canada announced it had selected SCALE. AI as one of five winning industry-led proposals in its Innovation Super clusters Initiative. SCALE stands for Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence, and it’s an AI-powered […]
3PL
4 Questions You Need To Answer About Your Supply Chain If You Are In Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia represents an economy of over 600 million people and a GDP of 2.4 trillion USD. According to the international research firm Frost & Sullivan, Indonesia’s compound annual growth rate is predicted to be 15.4% till 2020. Lower production costs, massive government spending, increasing disposable income of a growing middle class, along with an […]
Supply Chain Optimization
How Artificial Intelligence Can Help In Supply Chain Decision Making
Artificial Intelligence is the latest buzzword that is making rounds in the logistics sector. AI promises to increase efficiency, cut costs and minimize human dependency at every mile of the supply chain. It also claims to foresee your future orders, predict your consumer behaviour and track every resource available to your company. But how does […]
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On-Time and In-Full Delivery: Why Balancing Both is Important for You
On-Time and In-Full Deliveries are the benchmarks of an optimal supply chain. With logistics costs rising, increasing Full Truck Loads (trucks which are almost completely filled) has always been an area of emphasis for logistics managers, often to the point of compromising on the other half — On-Time. Being there on-time is as important as delivering to […]
Route Optimization
Travelling Salesman Problem Is Not A Problem, It’s A Herculean Task.
There is one problem that never goes out of fashion even though people in mathematics have tried to optimize solutions for it over decades. Yes, decades! To nobody’s surprise, the Travelling Salesman Problem (read: TSP) remains to be one of the most fascinating and complicated algorithms to innovate upon. The solutions to this problem only have a […]
Supply Chain Optimization
5 Changes You Need In Your Supply Chain Design Post-GST
With the introduction of Goods & Service Tax (GST) initiatives, it has become critical for businesses to embrace the inevitable change and redesign their logistics flow to optimise and increase efficiency in supply chain. Supply chain now involves more than just ‘buying and selling’ of goods. Designing a seamless logistics network determines the fate of […]
Route Optimization
How The World’s Best Route Optimization Engine Works
While other traditional ‘track & trace’ solutions tell you ‘where your truck is’, Locus’ route optimization engine goes a step further to answer ‘where your truck should be!’ Consider the following scenario: 10 Shipments, 10 drop-off locations. 1 rider to complete the job in a day. Sounds simple enough problem to solve, isn’t it? Numerous cognitive […]
Route Optimization
The Curious Case of FMCG Sales Beats Optimization
Indian Retail is a Buyer’s game today. In E-Commerce as well as offline modern trade, consumers are truly the king, with every tick of the clock bringing new choices. Hence it has become both, vital and challenging for enterprises to be close to the end consumer. An efficient distribution system, which reduces order to delivery […]
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